Pentachlorobenzene
| Names | |
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| Preferred IUPAC name Pentachlorobenzene | |
| Other names PeCB | |
| Identifiers | |
| 3D model (JSmol) | |
| 1911550 | |
| ChEBI | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.009.248 | 
| EC Number | 
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| 51144 | |
| KEGG | |
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| Properties | |
| C6HCl5 | |
| Molar mass | 250.32 g·mol−1 | 
| Appearance | White or colorless crystals | 
| Density | 1.8 g/cm3 | 
| Melting point | 86 °C (187 °F; 359 K) | 
| Boiling point | 275 to 277 °C (527 to 531 °F; 548 to 550 K) | 
| 0.68 mg/L | |
| Hazards | |
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| Danger | |
| H228, H302, H410 | |
| P210, P240, P241, P264, P270, P273, P280, P301+P312, P330, P370+P378, P391, P501 | |
| Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC): | |
| LD50 (median dose) | rat: 1080 mg/kg mouse: 1175 mg/kg | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references | |
Pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) is an aryl chloride and a five-substituted chlorobenzene with the molecular formula C6HCl5 which is a chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon. It consists of a benzene ring substituted with five chlorine atoms. PeCB was once used industrially for a variety of uses, but because of environmental concerns there are currently no large scale uses of PeCB. Pentachlorobenzene is a known persistent organic pollutant (POP) and banned globally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2009.